Criminal Law Content Specialist, Manchester office
- Are you ready to move from conventional legal practice into the dynamic world of legal tech? This role could be an ideal opportunity.
- You will be instrumental in shaping our offering and ensuring LEAP’s position as the best Criminal Law software solution in the UK market.
- Alongside the Head of Criminal Law, you will identify opportunities for future development and content projects to enhance the end consumer experience, developing and delivering new forms and precedents to improve usage, engaging with customers and other stakeholders to source feedback, and reporting KPI’s to the team.
- Permanent, Full-time, hybrid working model: 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.
About LEAP
LEAP is the leading provider of Legal Practice Productivity Solutions in the world and is part of ATI, one of the largest international LegalTech companies. For more than 30 years, our curiosity and commitment to continual improvement have kept us reimagining productivity tools for lawyers and their staff to support our guiding purpose, to ‘Help lawyers who help people’. The market-leading software we develop and support is used by more than 100,000 lawyers and their staff in small and medium-sized law firms.
Working alongside our international team of passionate high achievers, you’ll join a fast-growing technology business where things seldom stay the same for long. With more than 1000 smart, caring, and ambitious ‘LEAPsters’ working together across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Poland, and New Zealand, you’ll find yourself in good company here.
Meet the Criminal Law & Content teams
Working in Criminal Law means staying at the top of your game. This role is for someone who believes technology and AI can drive that success. You’ll join LEAP’s new Criminal Law vertical, helping design and deliver tailored products and services for practitioners. As a tech-minded collaborator, you’ll work with Product Owners, Developers, and Specialists to create innovative solutions.
LEAP’s Content team ensures our software remains world-class, accurate, compliant, and up to date across jurisdictions. From database design to document management and legal research, we’re building a streamlined, automated Criminal Law experience that helps law firms help people.
Requirements
What you'll do
- Research forms, legislation, and legal processes relevant to Criminal Law.
- Create, update, and deliver high quality automated legal forms and precedents for use by law firms.
- Use of dedicated automaton tools using the latest Microsoft technology to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with organisational standards.
- Utilise JavaScript to enhance the functionality and interactivity of our forms and precedents, enabling dynamic content and customised user experiences (full training provided).
- Conduct thorough testing to ensure forms function correctly with the software, validating data entry fields, JavaScript elements, and fixing any issues that arise.
- Develop and maintain an outstanding knowledge of LEAP & its companion products.
- Promote use of LEAP products & drive adoption in Criminal Law.
- Ensure LEAP’s processes comply with up-to-date legislation within Criminal Law.
- Attend industry events to speak with existing customers and build strong relationships.
What you'll bring
- 1-2 years’ experience working within Criminal Law.
- Very comfortable using Microsoft Word.
- Experience with case management systems and document automation systems would be advantageous.
- A passion for technology.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal); skilled in dealing sensitively with clients.
- A strong attention to detail.
LEAP is an inclusive, people-first company committed to breaking down institutional barriers that keep people from reaching their potential. If you meet some, but not all the requirements above, we encourage you to still submit your application.
Benefits
What you'll get
A friendly, supportive, and driven company culture, where innovation and collaboration are at the heart of what we do.
You will receive a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package:
- LEAP pays 8% of your salary into your pension.
- Private health insurance, including optical and dental.
- £80 a month gym contribution.
- Life insurance cover.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Generous Professional Development Fund.
- Enhanced parental leave.
- PerkBox membership.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays).
- Work anniversary rewards.
- Paid time off to give blood.
- Volunteer day – We offer 1 day per year for a charity of your choice.
- Free healthy breakfast, light lunch, and snacks.
- A dog friendly office.
Life at LEAP
LEAP is all about impact, growth, and ownership. We’re united by a genuine passion for what we do, enriched by the care we show to our customers and each other, and driven by the difference we can make together.
LEAPster culture is about prioritising and celebrating the incredible humans behind our market-leading technology. Think performance-driven remuneration incentives, flexible hybrid work, enhanced parenting policy, regular social events, free gym membership, and so much more.
We strongly believe that personal development and career progression are at the heart of a healthy, high-performing culture, and we’re committed to empowering LEAPsters with resources and career pathways to explore. With us, your career will grow as you do, with opportunities to step into new roles, explore new departments, and even work abroad.
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Closing Date: Friday, 5th December
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.
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What We Do
LEAP practice management software has grown from the belief that it should be fast and easy for legal practitioners to manage matter documents, accounting and billing, so they can focus on practicing law.
Today, LEAP is the world’s largest provider of legal practice management software for small firms; with clients across the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
Firms have relied on LEAP since 1992 for innovative and powerful software to simplify their workflow. We take this responsibility seriously and dedicate millions of dollars each year to product development. It’s resulted in benefits such as a cloud-based and mobile interface. This allows teams to access their LEAP data anywhere, anytime.
In addition, over 13,000 automated forms and templates are regularly updated for all areas of law, and purpose-built for the United States’ federal and state jurisdictions.
We’re obsessive about evolving LEAP with feedback from clients, so the software is easy to use and allows small firms to get more work done. Our goal is to empower small firms to make more money.
After all, everything LEAP does is geared toward helping the attorneys who help people.
Let the LEAP team become an extension of your practice, so you can focus on what you do best. Spend more time advising on the law!
